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Can Social Media Produce Wellness Results?
… programs will curb escalating costs for health care benefits . In 2008, the first year American Financial ..... Kristie Howard, a vice president at Longfellow Benefits , a Boston-based benefits consultant.Social wellness games represent a confluence …
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Defense of Marriage Act Struck Down By U.S. Appeals Court
… married same-sex couples the same federal benefits afforded to heterosexual couples violates ..... care plans and precludes other marriage benefits granted to couples of the opposite sex ..... panel said the DOMA provisions denying benefits to same-sex couples failed to adequately …
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Transamerica Survey Points Out Need to Redefine &'Retirement Readiness'
… their job if a nearly identical job with better retirement benefits were available. The statistic is significant because a few ..... about holding onto their current job and not factor retirement benefits into the mix, Collinson says. "The likelihood of switching …
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House Panel OKs Bill to Ease FSA &'Use-It-or-Lose-It' Rule
The bill approved by the House panel would eliminate over-the-counter restrictions in the health care reform law.
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General Motors Co. Offers Pension Buyout to Salaried Workers
… the 42,000 who decline the buyout offer, will have their benefits paid by Prudential Insurance Co. of America starting in January ..... retired after Dec. 1 will continue to receive their pension benefits from GM. The current employees will be eligible for a buyout …
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IRS Relaxes Health Reform Law $2,500 Limit for Noncalendar-Year FSAs
… limit annual contributions to $4,000 to $5,000. Employer benefits lobbying groups complained that the limit would effectively ..... a letter sent earlier to federal regulators, the American Benefits Council cited the example of an employee in an FSA with a fiscal …
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Employee's Off-Duty Car-Crash Injuries Compensable: Court
The Kentucky Supreme Court says workers' compensation benefits should be paid to a horse groomer who was injured in a car ..... opposed Mandujano's following petition for workers' comp benefits , court records show, because it said the groomer's work …
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LGBT Adults Better Prepared for Retirement, Survey Finds
… challenges that require enhanced planning. "Many retirement benefits —from Social Security to pensions—still do not have inheritance ..... Social Security income that is lost when a partner dies with benefits from a life insurance policy, said Young, who is one of Wells …
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After Workplace Violence Incident, Mental Health Resources a Must
… help pay for the cost of such assistance. For instance, Chubb offers workplace violence insurance that will pay for such benefits as crisis mental health counseling and a consultant to help ensure that a facility is "hardened" to prevent future attacks …
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Medical Marijuana Use Not Protected by ADA: Appeals Court
The lawsuit was brought by severely disabled plaintiffs who said conventional medications had not alleviated the pain caused by their impairments
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Growing List of Apps Make Employee Benefits More Mobile
… sent prospective vendors of employee benefits services.What a difference 12 months ..... season, it's practically expected that benefits providers have some kind of mobile app ..... chief strategy officer for Evolution1, a benefits developer that licenses its technology platform …
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Most Firms With DB Plans to Keep Them Open to New Hires
… plan, 33.1 percent have terminated it, and the rest have frozen it. A freeze is one in which no employees earn future benefits , while typically when an employer closes a pension plan, that means new employees are not offered coverage in the plan …
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President's Support of Same-Sex Marriage Puts Benefits Managers on Notice
… same-sex unions and domestic-partner benefits , a trend that could accelerate with ..... said Joan Smyth, a partner at global benefits consulting firm Mercer. "The president ..... offered same-sex domestic-partner benefits , up from 39 percent in 2010, shows …
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U.S. Workers Short on Long-Term Disability Coverage'
… disability as employers scale back workplace benefits , according to a new survey conducted ..... Sun Life Financial's U.S. employee benefits division. "By encouraging workers to ..... medical underwriting. What's more, the benefits are tax-free for a qualifying long …
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Regulators Provide Guidance on Summary of Benefits Rules
… distribute to employees a new summary of benefits and coverage statement. In February ..... distribute to employees the new summary of benefits and coverage statement. The requirement ..... diligently and in good faith to comply." Benefits experts welcome the latest clarification …
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Re: Other Benefits Forums?
Benefits Link is very good for very specific benefits questions. That's my go to place for it! Unfortunately HRHero requires you to be a current customer to be able to post or answer any posts. So in that sense, it is a closed board. But you can read others postings.
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Re: Other Benefits Forums?
In Response to Other Benefits Forums? : [QUOTE]I have almost always found this site to be helpful ..... other discussion forums, specifically those dealing with employee benefits and legal. Any suggestions? Posted by ellymae[/QUOTE] Hi There …
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Other Benefits Forums?
… little traffic. I generally don't have a lot of time to peruse websites, however when the time is available, I'd like to check out other discussion forums, specifically those dealing with employee benefits and legal. Any suggestions?
